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- Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So you like Clay Birds...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 462
Re: So you like Clay Birds...
Seen that before. Kinda cool. Wonder if they used a shot cartridge of some sort. I kinda hate to do this... but... can you spell "P-H-O-T-O-S-H-O-P"? (Look closely, the bird is launched in a right hand flight, but when it's hit... it's coming from the right)! Yea Griff....I tend to believ...
- Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: So you like Clay Birds...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 462
Re: So you like Clay Birds...
Sick bastards......just the thing I like.
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- Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:29 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Scat Quiz...
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3459
Re: Scat Quiz...
Looks to me that's its what the Ferguson, Mo. protestors left on the street after a lame brained Al Sharpton influenced manifesto was read to the crowd....after all, the majority of those animals can't read.
Well, I guess it's not much different than regular behavior.-----6
Well, I guess it's not much different than regular behavior.-----6
- Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:18 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I Just LOVE CVS Pharmacy
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1839
I Just LOVE CVS Pharmacy
I tell ya guys, it's so great that we have big corporate business's that still honor an overpayment. I got this a while ago and recently found it....figured you would get a kick out of it. Now that I found it, I'm going to send it back and tell them to wipe their azz with it.----6 http://www.hunt101...
- Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:09 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Off Topic - Been Awhile Since I Have Posted Here
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1605
Re: Off Topic - Been Awhile Since I Have Posted Here
Nice pics Jimbo!!!----6
- Sat Nov 22, 2014 12:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: I love family traditions...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 517
Re: I love family traditions...
Not bad Kid..It sure seems like that blade is mighty sharp as Y2K took an easy swipe.
Personally, I'd like to see what it could do to a raghead's head.
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Personally, I'd like to see what it could do to a raghead's head.
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- Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hard to Believe
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1241
Re: Hard to Believe
Congratulations Griff! It's been 42 for me.----6
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:45 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: You think you're tough...check THIS dude out...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1708
Re: You think you're tough...check THIS dude out...
Doc,AJMD429 wrote:He may turn out like this guy (who appeared very handicapped to me until I saw the kid who didn't even have feet
That ain't fair! He gets a longer sight radius----6
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- Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:36 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: My M1A layaway lasted 1 day
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1411
Re: My M1A layaway lasted 1 day
Streetstar, My man...your in the club.....the club of people who like guns and don't give a pelosi on what others think or whether or not you have the gun on layaway or if you spent the mortgage money on it. :D You WILL enjoy it......I think nothing of wasting 200 rounds of 168 gr. Matchkings in fro...
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3479
Re: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
JRD, Right! I hear the Marlin people bought the rights from Kessler. Funny thing it never caught on as its a fine quick action gun. If you ever want to have a heart to heart talk with your dad and he decides he wants to move that 30 carbine, I'm buying..........as I'm no cheapo, like most guys, I'll...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3479
Re: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
Old Savage my friend.....it ain't no museum here. This is where money talks and BS walks.Old Savage wrote:Well, Six that is too bad on the trigger. I have a Ruger 7x57 that has an 8 1/2 lb trigger that is a tack driver after bedding. Maybe you better send that out here
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Throw me a number over 5.--------6
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:19 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3479
Re: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
Two nice finds. Take that scope off and you have yourself a new Pistol Caliber Silhouette rifle. ;-) Thanks guys but its just another gun or two. I just dont get excited like I used to. And Mav,...I was thinking that also but the trigger must be 6 pounds and I never worked on a trigger like that......
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:56 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3479
Re: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
6 point, Geeze...dunno about the manufacturer. I always thought Marlin made em.
BTW, I took your advice. Bunch of guys want to buy the grips but it's just too much to deal with right now......and then next week I'll find a pristine 5 screw model 29 that someone put Pachmayers on.
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BTW, I took your advice. Bunch of guys want to buy the grips but it's just too much to deal with right now......and then next week I'll find a pristine 5 screw model 29 that someone put Pachmayers on.
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- Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 793
Re: What would you do?
Magna or target?MacEntyre wrote:6, can you spare a set of N frame grips?Sixgun wrote:I knew I had them somewhere. All kinds of neat stuff in there from 1880's on. One of these days I'm going to have to through it all.---6
My model 57 has pachmayer grips, and I am looking for either magna or target grips.
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 8:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 793
Re: What would you do?
Screw em Brent. I'm spiteful and will use them for firewood first. Or at the least put them up at a local auction and let the nerds fight it out.BrentD wrote:This is why there is ebay
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Oh! Now you know why my buds call me "Sixgun"
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- Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:42 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
- Replies: 23
- Views: 3479
Snagged Another Remington Pump In 35 Rem.
So....I'm at the auction the other night and I had my heart set on this Colt Thunderer in 41 that was a good 95% gun made in 1888. I dang near had it for $1200 and the hammer was ready to drop when these jerks with cell phones outbid me and ran it up to 2200. Then I almost got the Colt Lightning in ...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:16 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 793
Re: What would you do?
I knew I had them somewhere. All kinds of neat stuff in there from 1880's on. One of these days I'm going to have to through it all.---6
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- Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:06 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What would you do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 793
Re: What would you do?
KId, You will not get rich by selling them. Do what I have done for the last 40+ years.......throw them in a box marked, "revolver grips". You should see the single action Colt and "diamond" S&W grips that have accumulated in there....enough to purchase a decent car. :D -----...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cimarron '73 .44 Special question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1540
Re: Cimarron '73 .44 Special question
I have several original 1873's in 44 WCF and they all eat up the SWC. There's no ramp on a 73 like there is on a 92. It's straight on in.-----6 'Tis the difference between a bottleneck and a straight wall case. Your bottleneck doesn't put the shoulder of the bullet in contact with the mouth of the ...
- Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:00 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Hey Superchicken
- Replies: 14
- Views: 853
Re: Hey Superchicken
I sold a gun to a guy in Iowa last month who has FOUR Superbirds.----------6
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:52 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Cimarron '73 .44 Special question
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1540
Re: Cimarron '73 .44 Special question
I have several original 1873's in 44 WCF and they all eat up the SWC. There's no ramp on a 73 like there is on a 92. It's straight on in.-----6
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Is anyone shooting a 7mm/08?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 4913
Re: Is anyone shooting a 7mm/08?
It's the "darling" of the high power silhouette crowd----6
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 5:44 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: .35 Whelen (Browning 1895) makes meat
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4342
Re: .35 Whelen (Browning 1895) makes meat
Man! Nice buck Vance! That's how you do it.....one shot.
It sure is neat when you have a plan for a rifle, follow through with it and then go bag a nice buck in a very classic caliber.------6
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It sure is neat when you have a plan for a rifle, follow through with it and then go bag a nice buck in a very classic caliber.------6
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 6:02 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Some Canadian Great White North Hunting
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7327
Re: Some Canadian Great White North Hunting
Nice pics.........huge buck.....and of course, a nice Jeep!
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- Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Who has actually fire lapped a barrel here?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3913
Re: Who has actually fire lapped a barrel here?
I think it's a lot easier, and more fun to just shoot a thousand cast bullets or several hundred jacketed down the bore.
I've got a mess of late 1800 Leverguns that have eaten up thousands of rounds and those barrels shine.-------6
I've got a mess of late 1800 Leverguns that have eaten up thousands of rounds and those barrels shine.-------6
- Thu Nov 13, 2014 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Model 94 AE 45 Colt
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5293
Re: Model 94 AE 45 Colt
Jack, Who in the heck wants to shoot 350 grain bullets at 1300+ out of a 6-7 lb rifle? It's a pistol cartridge rifle and in order to have pleasurable shooting, a 200-250 gr. bullet at 1000-1200 is needed. I shot some 300 gr. 45-90 Lymans, sized 454 and they grouped in about a foot at 50 yards but th...
- Wed Nov 12, 2014 6:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lookee - a levergun in 460 S&W is now available...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3400
Re: Lookee - a levergun in 460 S&W is now available...
Doc,
NOW I know how your family got the bucks ($). The cat up front with the straw hat on is definitely a moonshiner.
I can see it now on the label .......DOC'S ELIXIR......guaranteed to make you feel better.
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NOW I know how your family got the bucks ($). The cat up front with the straw hat on is definitely a moonshiner.
I can see it now on the label .......DOC'S ELIXIR......guaranteed to make you feel better.
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- Tue Nov 11, 2014 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Interesting article on Winchester 94
- Replies: 7
- Views: 791
Re: Interesting article on Winchester 94
It don't matter if it was a repeat......it's always good news and reference on the grand old 1894. That's how I learned....the guys who knew these things wrote about it and I was a newbie.....been hooked for over 40 years. Having owned and shot dozens of these rifles over the years I have learned a ...
- Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lookee - a levergun in 460 S&W is now available...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3400
Re: Lookee - a levergun in 460 S&W is now available...
Doc, That is a very, very cool picture, with super history beyond it. But in reality, those folks from a bygone era struggled more than we have. They may have had a few fine days here and there but people today seem to get that everyday. One thing for sure, while they worked harder, there was less s...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 8:26 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Lookee - a levergun in 460 S&W is now available...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 3400
Re: Lookee - a levergun in 460 S&W is now available...
While cool, I have always preferred "old School". I'd rather spend 3 g's and collect 4-8% a year and enjoy them at the same time. Then one day just walk in the Timonium show and collect cash with no taxes for the ones with their hands out. There's just something about walking the woods wit...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:28 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Pre 64 M94 carrier question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 587
Re: Pre 64 M94 carrier question
My '51 doesn't do that. I'd be very much inclined to say DON'T POLISH ANYTHING, since peoples' definition of the term can vary from a very light stoning (correct use of the term in this context) to heavy-handed material removal & dimensional/tolerance alteration with a Dremel tool, and they're ...
- Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Model 94 AE 45 Colt
- Replies: 23
- Views: 5293
Re: Model 94 AE 45 Colt
Don't forget about the 1-36 twist. I have yet to hear of one that really shoots. I HEAR the newer ones have a 1-20 twist. I have a very nice Browning 92 in 45 Colt with the 1-36 twist. Well, that's about all it is...it looks nice. I know what I'm doing and the best I can get is 2" groups at 50 ...
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: listening to . . .
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1052
Re: listening to . . .
I guess I'm out of the ordinary........it's still acid/heavy metal rock for me.
I'll listen to Metallica on the way to a shooting match to put me in a fighting/competitive mood.
In the evenings its Yes, Moody Blues, or Pink Floyd.----6
I'll listen to Metallica on the way to a shooting match to put me in a fighting/competitive mood.
In the evenings its Yes, Moody Blues, or Pink Floyd.----6
- Sat Nov 08, 2014 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accurate .38 Special lever gun loads ???
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8129
Re: Accurate .38 Special lever gun loads ???
Alphawolf, Yep, I shoot and practice all I can. I shoot monthly at our home club. (Atglen) and usually make it to the Regionals and the Pa. State Champs. I'm rated AAA across the board but I don't usually shoot that. My scores are usually from 27-31. There are several clubs within a hundred miles th...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 8:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Accurate .38 Special lever gun loads ???
- Replies: 33
- Views: 8129
Re: Accurate .38 Special lever gun loads ???
If your load is for silhouette, do not concern yourself with bullet design as you will be shooting steel. In other words, don't worry about a big flat point that is mostly used for hunting. Most likely, a standard round nose cast bullet will feed better and be more accurate. Use .357 brass as you wa...
- Fri Nov 07, 2014 5:34 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: 38-40 WCF Shot Cartridges…
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3248
Re: 38-40 WCF Shot Cartridges…
Easy to make yourself. Take a .303 British case and cut it to the length of a loaded round. load 5 or 6 grains of Unique, cardboard wad, 200 grains of #11 shot and then another wad. Run the case into a smaller necked fls, such as a 30-30 to crimp the mouth. ------6
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: FOUND BULLETS!!!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2716
Re: FOUND BULLETS!!!!
Griff,
I thought you were a bullet caster. How much you pay for that box of 45's?----6
I thought you were a bullet caster. How much you pay for that box of 45's?----6
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 8:05 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The Forum will be down briefly Saturday November 8, 2014
- Replies: 9
- Views: 534
Re: The Forum will be down briefly Saturday November 8, 2014
Thanks Paul and especially thank you for doing it while I'm turkey hunting this Saturday. Gonna take the Remington 25-20 out for a walk....maybe...if the weather holds------6
- Thu Nov 06, 2014 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Another Vintage Deer Camp Picture.
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3569
Re: Another Vintage Deer Camp Picture.
They don't look very happy!! ran out of beer... :( Most likely hung over from too many beers. :D '92 Winchester 44-40 #475348 SA Colt .45 #212746 '99 Sav. .303 #31272 S&W .44 Russian/99 Sav. 32-40 #2861/ #17873 '99 Sav carbine .303 #28765 S&W New Model #3 .44 Russian/ '99 Sav.303 #4501/#29759
- Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: FOUND BULLETS!!!!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2716
Re: FOUND BULLETS!!!!
They look nice Griff. Load those babies up with 1.8 grains of Bullseye and your ready to cowboy shoot.
Velocity should be right around 560 fps. Hope the recoil don't set you too far back
But on the bright side your cases should last around 475 loadings.
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Velocity should be right around 560 fps. Hope the recoil don't set you too far back
But on the bright side your cases should last around 475 loadings.
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- Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Removing copper fouling UPDATE
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1256
Re: Removing copper fouling
I've used most of the major brands but I have found the best by far is Safariland's Break Free foaming cleaner. You just lay the rifle in a horizontal position and insert the plastic tube in the chamber and press the button until the foam comes out of the muzzle, wait a half hour and then run a rod ...
- Wed Nov 05, 2014 6:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is the shelf life of 22 LR?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2030
Re: What is the shelf life of 22 LR?
Ok, I've had enough of this bickering. This weekend I'm going to shoot up this box of original blackpowder .22 Longs from the 1890 period. Let's take a guess and see how many go off. And then I'm gonna start blasting off this stuff from the pre-war/early post war period. Much of this stuff still loo...
- Wed Nov 05, 2014 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Took my Win 94 out today
- Replies: 17
- Views: 921
Re: Took my Win 94 out today
Hunting with an old '94 and cast bullets is success enough for me. The deer are secondary.-=6
- Wed Nov 05, 2014 10:35 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Prayer request. . . for a . . . goat...
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1643
Re: Prayer request. . . for a . . . goat...
Dang Doc......I'm with you and your family. When a pet is lost, it does tear at the heart. I know whats its like to shoot a beloved animal.....We had "Sugar", our quarter horse for 28 years and when one of her organs shut down....I was told it was the pancreas, or however you spell that wo...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester Centennial '66 pics
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2352
Re: Winchester Centennial '66 pics
Ted, I bet you still have your 8th grade lunch money. :D OK, Then use the stock bolt and epoxy the base to the tang. Degrease everything and it will hold tight for years. I've done this countless times when using tang sights that were made for other guns and the holes did not match up. Then I cut of...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: What is the shelf life of 22 LR?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2030
Re: What is the shelf life of 22 LR?
.22 ammo is very dependent on how it is/was stored. Extremes in temperatures will degrade it, just like extremes in temps will degrade smokeless powder. Moist conditions will also put a hurtin' on it. As most of us know here, the best storage conditions are dry, dark, with consistent temperatures be...
- Tue Nov 04, 2014 9:48 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester Centennial '66 pics
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2352
Re: Winchester Centennial '66 pics
You can shoot that baby until the cows come home and never hurt it.----6 Now I just need to figure out which receiver sight to install. I'd love to put a tang sight on it, but for the the dang engraving on the tang. Ted, Put a tang sight on it. It will only require one extra hole. There were someth...
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Winchester Centennial '66 pics
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2352
Re: Winchester Centennial '66 pics
Ted, I've said it here before....those guns give the best bang for the buck.....nice wood to meter fit.......good looking all around........I see you have the short rifle version...should make an excellent shooter. At the long range buffalo shoot I was at the other day, a few guys had Canadian Cente...
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:27 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Marvel Mystery Oil?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 2636
Re: Marvel Mystery Oil?
It should be red and very aromatic. Smells nice! 8) Used as top-end oil in older engines (add a little to the gas), free stuck nuts and bolts, clean mechanisms, and works as an air tool lubricant. Definitely worth keeping. I've never used it as a gun lubricant, but maybe somebody else will weigh in...
- Mon Nov 03, 2014 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Savage 99 EG in 303 savage
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1687
Re: Savage 99 EG in 303 savage
Yessir ......you done very well in the "world of old fashioned Highway Robbery" :D That's American Capitalism at its finest. Those old fashioned sling hooks are very desirable and I always keep several sets around when I want to make a few extra hundred on a fine Winchester.-----6 http://w...